I love when people say "stats don't mean much" then make an argument based solely on stats.
No doubt you will refute as "simply stats" whatever I now say.
You are correct, he was in the top 10 for many stats, and you are also correct in that stats are meaningless.
If you looked at the top 13 at the club for kicks, handballs, disposals, marks, Tackles, Goals and Disposal Efficiency (6 aspects) it features these players:
Sylvia (6), Wheatley (4), Green (6), Bruce (6), Morton (5), McDonald (4), Mclean (4), Jones (5), Bate (6), Bell (4), Bartram (4) and Miller (4). Obviously as you can see, the same 10 players feature in the top 13 in basically every category at the club, if you play in-near the middle you will get the ball more (gee, who would've thought it). He's also 3rd for clangers, 25th for Disposal Efficiency.
As you say, stats mean nothing. All we learnt from that is that the top ten at our club dominate most facets of statistics at the MFC, and the top ten in these categories helped us to achieve one of the worst on field seasons in recent years.
But I'm glad that I can "now see that he is a top 10 player"
Top Twelve at MFC
Sylvia, Green, Bruce, Wheatley, Morton, McDonald, Mclean, Jones, Bate, Bell, Bartram and Miller - I don't think so. Stats means nothing.
What position has he dominated?